6/19/2014 – A Test for the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

The test was developed over five years by a team led by Dr. Douglas W. Scharre, a neurologist at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Known as the Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination, or SAGE, the four-page test can be completed in about 10 to 15 minutes by patients at home, or while in the waiting room at the doctor’s office. The test,downloadable free on the medical center’s website, is now used at doctors’ offices nationally.

Read the full article at The New York Times.